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Onondaga County Democrats designate Ross Andrews to run for Syracuse judge, Toby Shelley for sheriff

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S.U. Football player Steve Rene in Syracuse City Court with his lawyer Christopher Burke as they appear before Judge Ted Limpert (far right). At far left is Assistant D.A. Matthew Bloss in this January file photo. The state has created a new judge position for Syracuse.
(By David Lassman | dlassman@syracuse.com)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Onondaga County Democrats designated lawyer Ross Andrews Thursday evening to run for a newly created city court judge job in Syracuse.

Andrews beat Jim Romeo and Lou Levine, who also asked for the party's nomination.

The new job was created by the New York State Legislature and signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2013 at the request of the state's Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman. The state created new full-time positions in Syracuse and 19 other cities.

There are currently 8 city court judges in Syracuse.

The new job starts Jan. 1, 2015. It is a 10-year term. The salary will be $145,000.

The last time the city added a judge was 12 years ago, when Judge Stephen Dougherty was elected.

Republicans do not have a candidate to run for that seat, said Syracuse Republican Party Chairman Bob Andrews.